Phil,
Texas Toast is BIG like Texas. A slice is square (no rounding top) and it is sliced far thicker than regular bread. Burgers are often served on toasted Texas Toast rather than on buns. (At least here in MN...not sure about Texas).

Edit: Forgot, it also great to use for garlic toast. A little butter and some garlice powder (we don't like garlic salt). Then broil it or toast in toaster over.

Last edited by SweetFeet on Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:03 pm; edited 1 time in total

Sweetfeet, thanks for the information and picture. It looks and sounds like a recipe for heart failure, but I bet it tastes good. We have never been to Texas during one of our visits to the USA, but heres a reason to go!
Thanks to everyone who replied, to our English eyes you guys have some strange food combinations BUT I have never been disappointed.

Its also served sometimes instead of dinner rolls, with a chicken fried steak, Every real Texas Restaurant boasts "The Best Chicken-Fried Steak" with Texas Toast, mashed potatoes, and Gravy all over everything. So needless to say I always have to try it to see if it truly is the "Best".

As Sweet Feet indicated, it's just a double thick slice of bread. Origin of the phrase is unknown to me, a born, raised, and lifelong (other than the time I served my country) die hard native Texan living therein.

"One claimant to the invention of Texas toast is the Pig Stand restaurant chain, founded in Oak Cliff, a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, in the early 1920s. The once-thriving chain, whose heyday in the 1940s saw over 100 locations across the United States, also claims to be the originator of the onion ring.[7] Texas toast may have been first created in 1941 at the Pig Stand in Beaumont, Texas, after a bakery order for thicker slices of bread resulted in slices too thick for the toaster and a cook who suggested buttering and grilling them as a remedy."

Phil, SeeetFeet is Spot ON in his explanation, and Pic too. Doesn't come any more clearer than that.
My favorite...........
Another use for Texas Toast. take a fork and separate about a 2 in hole out of the center of a piece of T.T.,leave the outside edge intact, Butter the edges, Throw in a hot Cast iron skillet, throw a small daub of butter in the hole area, break in 1 ex.Lg egg and fry accordingly to your taste,.....Called.....
One Eyed Jacks, Frogs in a Hole
Later,
John A

I saw your question, but figured someone else would answer it. Go figure. Well I see you have plenty of answers now, and SweetFeet is spot on.
If you ever come to Texas, be sure and visit a Whataburger. Several of their meals are on Texas Toast. Here is my favorite, the Patty Melt. Mmmmm....mmmmmm.....good!

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